Armstrong, William G, 1823-1890

Date: 1840

By: Agate, Alfred Thomas, 1812-1846; Armstrong, William G, 1823-1890

Reference: A-282-002

Description: Two men doing pottery and basketwork in left foreground, river with canoe and township in background on far bank of river Other Titles - Rewa, Fiji Extended Title - From: Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition ... / Charles Wilkes. Philadelphia, 1849. Vol III, opp p 109 The expedition visited Rewa in 1840. At the time it consisted of some five or six hundred houses. The engraving was published in 1849 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 115 x 176 mm on sheet 166 x 269 mm

Date: 1852-1929

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1831-1833

Description: Selected records relating to Australia and New Zealand. Includes papers of Stuart Rendel of the armaments firm Sir W G Armstrong & Co, re purchase of arms and gunboats for the Australian colonies 1878-1881; letters of Elizabeth Spence Watson re emigration of industrial girls to Queensland 1881-1884; records of the Newcastle Guardians of the Poor re emigration of paupers 1923-1929; papers of Charles H Merz and William McLellan re electrification of railways in Australia and New Zealand (including photograph albums) 1908-1926; correspondence between William L Harle and Sir William Hutt 1835-1849; records relating to the North British Australasian Company 1855-1860; papers of the Swan family re Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1882-1885; letters of John Miller, an emigant to Victoria, 1852-1853. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1983 Photograph albums, mainly relating to Australian railways.